Sales & Marketing Controller

Sales & Marketing Controller

About the Role

We’re looking for people who embody our values, aren’t afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We’re always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we’d love to talk.

What You Will Do

• Lead the financial evaluation of new business initiatives, promotions, pricing actions, and commercial investments, building robust business cases and P&Ls to ensure alignment with the company's growth, profitability, working capital, and cash flow objectives.
• Analyze monthly financial results and performance deviations versus Plan, Forecast, and Prior Year, delivering clear insights, root cause analysis, and actionable recommendations to support business decision-making.
• Act as a trusted Finance Business Partner for Commercial and Marketing teams, providing financial guidance, challenging assumptions, and helping drive profitable and sustainable growth.

• Challenge commercial assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and influence business decisions through fact-based financial analysis and recommendations.

• Lead the financial governance of commercial activities, ensuring an appropriate balance between market opportunities and the achievement of financial targets.
• Own the financial dimension of the S&OP process, coordinating demand, sales, and profitability perspectives while facilitating financial alignment through the Financial GAP review meetings.
• Coordinate and consolidate forecasting, budgeting, and financial planning activities for the category, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timely delivery of information across all stakeholders.
• Partner closely with Marketing, Commercial, Supply Chain, and Finance teams to identify risks and opportunities, proactively proposing mitigation and value-creation actions.
• Lead the financial preparation and consolidation of the category's Long-Term Strategic Plan, translating business strategies into financial commitments and scenarios.
• Monitor and communicate key business performance indicators, including Net Sales, Gross Profit, EBIT, Working Capital, and Cash Flow, ensuring visibility and accountability across the organization.
• Participate in cross-functional and Business Unit Controlling Network initiatives, sharing best practices and contributing to continuous improvement.
• Prepare executive-level analyses, reports, and presentations for the Business Unit Leadership Team, providing meaningful financial insights to support strategic decisions.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
• 2-4 years of experience in Controlling, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Commercial Finance, or a similar business partnering role, preferably within a multinational environment.
• Strong understanding of financial statements and performance management, including P&L, Balance Sheet, Working Capital, and Cash Flow.

• Ability to challenge stakeholders constructively and influence decision-making through strong analytical thinking, business acumen, and fact-based recommendations.

• Proven ability to translate financial data into business insights and recommendations that influence decision-making.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and financial modeling skills, with a high level of attention to detail.
• Experience supporting commercial teams and evaluating business cases, investments, pricing initiatives, and profitability opportunities.
• Advanced proficiency in SAP, AFO, Power BI, Excel, and other financial planning/reporting tools.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders across different functions and organizational levels.
• Strong planning and organizational capabilities, able to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Highly collaborative, proactive, and accountable, with a strong ownership mindset and the ability to build effective cross-functional relationships.

What We Can Offer You

At Essity, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.
Collaborative and caring Work Environment | Empowerment | Job Impact | Work with a Powerful Purpose | Individual Learning and Development | Health & Safety | Social Responsibility | Innovation

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About Us

Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. Our expertise began with the acquisition of the Swedish company Mölnlycke in 1975, through which our roots stretch back to 1849. Today, our sustainable innovations from globally trusted brands, designed for everybody and every body, care for the well-being of 1 billion people in 150 countries every day.

Working at Essity is not just a career but a chance to make the world healthier, safer, and more hygienic. We innovate for good to break barriers and contribute to shaping a healthier future. At Essity, we have a people-first approach where every career is as unique as the individual. We empower employees to excel together and reach their full potential through a winning culture driven by a powerful purpose. Our performance-orientated environment motivates employees to think differently and embrace challenges so we can continue improving lives, every day through better hygiene and health. We provide a sustainable work-life based on flexibility for both employees and employers. We are committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in everything we do. It is the key to our success in creating an inclusive, collaborative, and caring company culture where you can be you with us. Our purpose of Breaking Barriers to Well-being, enables customers and consumers to lead fuller lives at all stages of life.

Our leading global brands include TENA and Tork, and other strong brands such as Actimove, Cutimed, JOBST, Knix, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Modibodi, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, TOM Organic and Zewa are sold in 150 countries. I In 2024, Essity had net sales of approximately SEK 146bn (EUR 13bn) and employed 36,000 people. We are headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. If you want to join a company where dedication to people is powered by innovation, welcome to Essity!